Round tsuba with design of iris and butterfly

Details

• Title

  Round tsuba with design of iris and butterfly

• Associated place

  Asia › Japan (place of creation)

• Date

  Edo Period (1600 - 1868)

• Material and technique

  iron, inlaid with mother-of-pearl

• Material index

  processed material › metal › iron;

  organic › animal › shell › pearlshell › mother-of-pearl

• Technique index

  forged;

  covered › inlaid

• Object type

  arms/armour › koshirae › kodogu › tsuba

• Dimensions

  7.9 x 7.5 cm (height x width)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Presented by D. Newman, 1978.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EA1978.323

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